Obama's three-day tour of Iowa by bus made the unscheduled stop Monday at the fairgrounds in Des Moines just a few hours after the Republican vice presidential candidate, Paul Ryan, appeared at the fair.

"I got to hug the president. It was amazing. He's really good looking in person," Carlisle resident Gina McClelland said.

Obama spent an hour at the fair, greeting throngs of parents and their children, and enjoying a Bud Light and a pork chop with Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, a former governor of the state.

Thousands of people lined up to meet with Obama, but only a few got up close and personal.

Melvin McGregor said he and his sanitation co-workers got their picture taken with the president.

"We just happened to get in the right place at the right time," Edward Miller said.

A large crowd outside the Bud Tent chanted "Four more years" and then some yelled, "Four more beers!"

Holding a beer in a plastic cup, Obama said, "It's going to go well with my pork chop."

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